The
Prophet (pbuh) said that God has said, "The whole universe cannot contain
Me but the heart of My believing servant contains Me."

The
Prophet (pbuh) said that God has said, "I was a hidden treasure, I wanted
to be known, so I created the creation so I would be known."

The
Prophet (pbuh) said that when God decreed the Creation He pledged Himself by
writing in His book which is laid down with Him, "My mercy prevails over my
wrath."

The
Prophet (pbuh) said that God has said, "I am as My servant thinks I am (I
am as My servant expects Me to be). I am with him when he makes mention of
Me. If he makes mention of Me to himself, I make mention of him to Myself;
and if he makes mention of Me in an assembly, I make mention of him in an
assemble better than it. And if he draws near to Me an arm's length, I
draw near to him a fathom's length. And if he comes to Me walking, I go to him
running.

The Prophet (pbuh) said that God will say
on the Day of Resurrection, "O son of Adam, I fell ill and you visited Me
not. He will say: O Lord, and how should I visit You when You are the Lord
of the worlds? He will say: Did you not know that My servant So-and-so had
fallen ill and you visited him not? Did you not know that had you visited
him you would have found Me with him? O son of Adam, I asked you for food
and you fed Me not. He will say: O Lord, and how should I feed You when
You are the Lord of the worlds? He will say: Did you not know that My
servant So-and-so asked you for food and you fed him not? Did you not know
that had you fed him you would surely have found that (the reward for doing so)
with Me? O son of Adam, I asked you to give Me to drink and you gave Me
not to drink. He will say: O Lord, how should I give You to drink when You
are the Lord of the worlds? He will say: My servant So-and-so asked you to
give him to drink and you gave him not to drink. Had you given him to drink you
would have surely found that with Me."

The Prophet (pbuh) said that God has
said, "My servant draws not near to Me with anything more loved by Me than
the religious duties I have enjoined upon him, and My servant continues to draw
near to Me with supererogatory works so that I shall love him. When I love
him I am his hearing with which he hears, his seeing with which he sees, his
hand with which he strikes and his foot with which he walks. Were he to
ask [something] of Me, I would surely give it to him, and were he to ask Me for
refuge, I would surely grant him it. I do not hesitate about anything as
much as I hesitate about [seizing] the soul of My faithful servant: He
hates death and I hate hurting him."

The Prophet (pbuh) said that God has
said, "A man said: By God, God will not forgive So-and-so. At this
God the Almighty said: Who is he who swears by Me that I will not forgive
So-and-so? Verily I have forgiven So-and-so and have nullified your [own
good] deeds."

The Prophet (pbuh) said that God has
said, "O son of Adam, so long as you call upon Me and ask of Me, I shall
forgive you for what you have done, and I shall not mind. O son of Adam,
were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky and were you then to ask
forgiveness of Me, I would forgive you. O son of Adam, were you to come to
Me with sins nearly as great as the earth and were you then to face Me,
ascribing no partner to Me, I would bring you forgiveness nearly as great as it."

The Prophet (pbuh) said that God has
said, "When Allah created Paradise and Hell-fire, He sent Gabriel to
Paradise, saying: Look at it and at what I have prepared therein for its
inhabitants. The Prophet (pbuh) said: So he came to it and looked at it
and at what Allah had prepared therein for its inhabitants. The Prophet (pbuh)
said: So he returned to Him and said: By your glory, no one hears of it without
entering it. So He ordered that it be encompassed by forms of hardship,
and He said: Return to it and look at what I have prepared therein for its
inhabitants. The Prophet (pbuh) said: So he returned to it and found that
it was encompassed by forms of hardship (1). Then he returned to Him and
said: By Your glory, I fear that no one will enter it. He said: Go to Hell-fire
and look at it and what I have prepared therein for its inhabitants, and he
fount that it was in layers, one above the other. Then he returned to Him
and said: By Your glory, no one who hears of it will enter it. So He
ordered that it be encompassed by lusts. Then He said: Return to it. And
he returned to it and said: By Your glory, I am frightened that no one will
escape from entering it."